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Bear's Mission Everest |
Learn life-saving survival skills in some of the toughest, most treacherous environments on the Earth with a man no stranger to extremes, Bear Grylls. Drawing upon all his experiences as a soldier, mountaineer and seasoned adventurer, watch as Bear strands himself in popular wilderness destinations. Armed with a few supplies and the clothes on his back, see how he claws his way back to civilization while demonstrating survival techniques along the way.
Join adventurer Bear Grylls on h (More Info) Categories: Survival, Travel, Nature Duration: 00:43:24 Date Added: 2010-10-28 00:00:00 Views: 555 Rating: N/A Watch Full Documentary Here!  Add To Playlist
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Bodyshock - Half Ton Man |
This documentary opens with paramedics removing a wall of Patrick Deuel's house in Valentine, Nebraska and transporting him six hours to a hospital where he spent months trying to lose weight to qualify for a gastric bypass operation.
The Half-Ton Man also tells the story of other heavily overweight people and their loved ones, neighbors and doctors. It examines how they got that way and how they have succeeded and failed in their struggles to change. (More Info) Categories: Health, Survival Duration: 00:49:16 Date Added: 2011-03-27 00:00:00 Views: 552 Rating: N/A Watch Full Documentary Here! Add To Playlist
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Cheating Death - Amazing Survivals - Humans Can't Fly |
A circus performer misjudges the distance on a jump and more amazing survival stories. (More Info) Categories: Disaster, Health, Survival Duration: 00:20:30 Date Added: 2011-01-19 00:00:00 Views: 519 Rating: N/A Watch Full Documentary Here! Add To Playlist
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Cheating Death - Rescue Choppers |
Take a look at the dramatic world of helicopter rescue, as seen through the eyes of three top pilots and a female paramedic in Israel's elite search and rescue team - the Black Hawks. From the shores of the Dead Sea to the trance clubs of down-town Tel Aviv, we follow Yoni - trance addict by night, helicopter hero by day; Yedidya - living dangerously among his goats in the disputed territories of the West Bank; Ran - dividing his time between degree studies and daring rescue; and Ravit, a woman (More Info) Categories: Aviation, Military, Survival Duration: 00:47:00 Date Added: 2011-01-19 00:00:00 Views: 365 Rating: N/A Watch Full Documentary Here! Add To Playlist
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Darwin's Dangerous Idea: Born Equal |
Andrew Marr discovers something surprising about his own evolutionary history as this epic series continues with an exploration of Darwin's impact on politics and society. Under the banner of Survival of the Fittest, Darwin's theory of natural selection has been used to justify imperial expansion and the oppression of indigenous peoples; to inform the science of eugenics - the selective breeding of humans which was implemented in the United States in the early 20th century; and to (More Info) Categories: History, Survival, Nature Duration: 00:58:35 Date Added: 2011-09-06 16:37:13 Views: 587 Rating: N/A  Watch Full Documentary Here!
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Darwin's Dangerous Idea: Life and Death |
In the final episode of this ground-breaking series about Charles Darwin's legacy, Andrew Marr discovers how Darwin's ideas are helping us to save ourselves and all life on earth from extinction. Marr argues that Charles Darwin is the father of ecology. The modern environmental movement was built upon his insight that all life on earth is linked by a delicate web of connections. He also discovers that Darwin's dangerous idea is inspiring scientists to create a 'flotilla of Darwinian Noah's Arks' (More Info) Categories: History, Science, Survival Duration: 00:58:41 Date Added: 2011-09-06 16:38:03 Views: 563 Rating: N/A Watch Full Documentary Here!
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Day After Disaster - Nuclear Bomb Explodes in Washington DC |
In the current climate of widespread national security concerns in the U.S., many people worry that the threat of a nuclear attack on American soil is more plausible than ever. In this chilling program, get a firsthand look at what would happen if a nuclear bomb exploded in the heart of Washington, D.C. With shockingly realistic dramatizations, DAY AFTER DISASTER puts you in the line of fire to experience the consequences of nuclear fallout — from the moment of detonation to 24 (More Info) Categories: Disaster, Survival Duration: 01:30:47 Date Added: 2011-08-25 16:09:08 Views: 771 Rating: N/A Watch Full Documentary Here!
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Deadliest Journeys - Brazil |
Meet 14-year-old Jesse. Like the other "riberinhos," or river dwellers, he learned to swim and paddle before he could walk. Alongside other children as young as five, he rows for hours a day on the Tajaparu River, risking death trying to fasten his tiny canoe onto fast moving tourist boats and freight barges. The children hope to earn a few pennies for their families, selling jungle delicacies to the passengers and crew. But what happens when Jesse pushes his luck too far? (More Info) Categories: Survival, Travel, Society Duration: 00:21:56 Date Added: 2010-11-25 00:00:00 Views: 442 Rating: N/A Watch Full Documentary Here! Add To Playlist
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Fourteen Days In May |
Fourteen Days in May is a documentary directed by Paul Hamann and originally shown on television by the British Broadcasting Corporation in 1987. The program recounts the final days before the execution of Edward Earl Johnson, an American prisoner convicted of rape and murder and imprisoned in the Mississippi State Penitentiary. Johnson protested his innocence and claimed that his confession had been made under duress. He was executed in Mississippi's gas chamber on May 20, 1987.
The (More Info) Categories: Law Enforcement, Disaster, Survival Duration: 01:26:58 Date Added: 2010-12-12 00:00:00 Views: 545 Rating: 5.00/10 Watch Full Documentary Here! Add To Playlist
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Go Back To Where You Came From - Episode 1 |
Six ordinary Australians agree to challenge their preconceived notions about asylum seekers and refugees by living like refugees for 25 days. They move in with real refugees building a new life in Australia, before taking a perilous journey to unknown shores on a leaky boat. (More Info) Categories: Society, Survival Duration: 00:55:58 Date Added: 2011-07-24 15:52:34 Views: 448 Rating: 0.00/10 Watch Full Documentary Here! Add To Playlist
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Home |
Home is a 2009 documentary by Yann Arthus-Bertrand. The film is almost entirely composed of aerial shots of various places on Earth. It shows the diversity of life on Earth and how humanity is threatening the ecological balance of the planet. The movie was released simultaneously on June 5, 2009 in cinemas across the globe, on DVD, Blu-ray, television, and on YouTube, opening in 181 countries.
The documentary chronicles the present day state of the Earth, its climate and how we as the (More Info) Categories: Nature, Survival, Society Duration: 01:33:18 Date Added: 2010-11-08 00:00:00 Views: 358 Rating: N/A Watch Full Documentary Here! Add To Playlist
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IMAX - Kilimanjaro To The Roof Of Africa |
David Breashears, creator of the acclaimed IMAX film EVEREST, once again turns the large camera on an enormous mountain--this time Africa's Kilimanjaro, the highest freestanding mountain in the world. Follow six hikers, led by a local Chagga guide, as they transverse five climate zones, across 19,340 feet, to the peak. Breathtaking views highlight this fantastic tale of true adventure. This large-format documentary follows a 45-mile hiking trip up Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest freestanding moun (More Info) Categories: Nature, Travel, Survival Duration: 00:39:41 Date Added: 2011-01-21 00:00:00 Views: 602 Rating: N/A Watch Full Documentary Here! Add To Playlist
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IMAX - Stormchasers |
Prepare to take a ride inside some of the most extreme weather conditions experienced on earth. Weather is one of the most evolving and exciting areas of science, and hurricanes, monsoons, and tornadoes are the stars of Stormchasers, an exhilarating large-format film in which storm-chasing meteorologists track extreme weather conditions in order to understand how they form. (More Info) Categories: Nature, Disaster, Survival Duration: 00:38:08 Date Added: 2010-12-07 00:00:00 Views: 407 Rating: N/A Watch Full Documentary Here! Add To Playlist
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Man vs Wild - Season 1, Episode 1 - The Rockies |
Millions of people visit and over 2000 don't return alive. Bear is talking about the Rocky Mountains, where he is heading into one of the remote areas with only the clother on his back and going to show us how to survive. He parachutes into an unknown area and has five days to find civilization. On his way down he gets himself stuck in a tree, 60 feet up. He shimmies down his emergency chute, but still has a 20 foot drop. He salvaged some of the rigging lines from the chute before he went down. (More Info) Categories: Nature, Health, Survival Duration: 00:43:26 Date Added: 2010-09-29 00:00:00 Views: 815 Rating: N/A Watch Full Documentary Here! Add To Playlist
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Man vs Wild - Season 1, Episode 2 - Moab Desert |
The Moab Desert in Utah is one of the top extreme sports destinations in the United States, with more than a million visitors each year. But sweltering temperatures and deadly predators can make it very dangerous. Bear is dropped into the desert to demonstrate how a lost hiker can make it back to civilization, with merely a bottle of water, a knife and a flint. On his journey, he travels down a maze of narrow canyons, stumbles upon rattlesnakes, and escapes quicksand, showing viewers how to surv (More Info) Categories: Nature, Health, Survival Duration: 00:43:32 Date Added: 2010-09-29 00:00:00 Views: 375 Rating: N/A Watch Full Documentary Here! Add To Playlist
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Man vs Wild - Season 1, Episode 3 - Costa Rican Rainforest |
Each year, 500,000 Americans visit Costa Rica to explore some of the world's most amazing and environmentally significant wilderness preserves. Last year alone, more than 50 visitors had to be rescued by the Red Cross. Bear sets out on an incredible jungle adventure as he parachutes into the rain forest of Costa Rica's Osa Peninsula to demonstrate how someone lost in the jungle can make it out alive. His journey takes him up 100-foot trees and down waterfalls that descend more than 120 feet. He (More Info) Categories: Nature, Health, Survival Duration: 00:43:28 Date Added: 2010-09-29 00:00:00 Views: 353 Rating: N/A Watch Full Documentary Here! Add To Playlist
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Man vs Wild - Season 1, Episode 4 - Alaskan Mountain Range |
Thousands of skiers, snowboarders and mountain climbers visit Alaska each year in search of virgin snow, and hundreds of people end up lost in the wilderness. Armed with only a bottle of water, a knife and a flint, Bear's challenge is to make it to the coast from where he hopes to find signs of civilization. During his journey, he travels down extreme mountain slopes, over glaciers and through bear-infested forests, and navigates a small boat through treacherous ice floes. Bear shows viewers wha (More Info) Categories: Nature, Health, Survival Duration: 00:43:31 Date Added: 2010-09-29 00:00:00 Views: 332 Rating: N/A Watch Full Documentary Here! Add To Playlist
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Man vs Wild - Season 1, Episode 5 - Hawaii: Mount Kilauea |
The Big Island of Hawaii is home to the world's most active volcano, Mount Kilauea. Since 1992, it has been in a state of constant eruption, spitting out clouds of poisonous sulphuric gases from the soil. Here, the landscape is denuded of plant life, devoid of water and few animals are ever seen. Beneath the unstable surface lies a river of molten rock boiling at temperatures above 2,000 degrees F. Surrounding this volcanic landscape is a dense rain forest, which offers environmental relief but (More Info) Categories: Nature, Health, Survival Duration: 00:43:28 Date Added: 2010-09-29 00:00:00 Views: 434 Rating: N/A Watch Full Documentary Here! Add To Playlist
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Man vs Wild - Season 1, Episode 6 - Sierra Nevada |
Every year, 4 million hikers and climbers are drawn to the majestic Sierra Nevada, one of the greatest mountain ranges in the country. With more than 400 miles of terrain and mountain peaks reaching 14,000-plus-feet high, the Sierras are breathtaking. But this spectacular wilderness is deceptively dangerous; hundreds of people become stranded there each year. One wrong turn can turn into a struggle to stay alive. Bear shows viewers how to survive in the Sierra's three major mountainous regions: (More Info) Categories: Nature, Health, Survival Duration: 00:43:31 Date Added: 2010-09-29 00:00:00 Views: 713 Rating: N/A Watch Full Documentary Here! Add To Playlist
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Man vs Wild - Season 1, Episode 7 - African Savannah |
More than 100,000 Americans visit Kenya each year in search of a safari. But what they don't know about life in the wild can kill them. Bear surveys the Kenyan landscape from a hot air balloon, then he parachutes down onto the arid plain. Upon hitting the ground, Bear is immediately surrounded by dangerous animals, including rhinoceros, lions, leopards, elephants, and buffalo. Traveling across the African plains, Bear demonstrates how to navigate by the stars, track a lion kill, cross crocodile (More Info) Categories: Nature, Health, Survival Duration: 00:43:29 Date Added: 2010-09-29 00:00:00 Views: 492 Rating: N/A Watch Full Documentary Here! Add To Playlist
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